Controllable Connection of Fe2Se3 Double Chains and Fe(dien)2 Complexes for Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Ferrimagnet with a Large Coercivity

Organic–inorganic hybrid materials built by inorganic and organic building units have attracted intensive interest in the past decades due to unique chemical and physical properties. However, rare organic–inorganic hybrid materials show excellent permanent magnetic properties. Here, we develop a facile chemical solution method to bottom-up synthesize a new hybrid (Fe2Se3)2[Fe(dien)2]0.9. This hybrid phase with the space groupP21/c(14) possesses a rodlike shape with a diameter of 100–2000 nm and a length of 5–50 µm. The hybrid rods are ferrimagnetic with a Curie temperature (TC) of 11 K. They show a high coercivity (HC) of 4.67 kOe and a saturation magnetization (MS) of 13.5 emu/g at 2 K. Compared with orthorhombic (FeSe2)2Fe(dien)2, the excellent magnetic performance of the hybrid rods is ascribed to the monoclinic hybrid structure built by Fe(dien)2complexes and Fe2Se3double chains. Our study provides guidance for connecting inorganic fragments of FeSe2single chains, Fe2Se3double chains or β-Fe3Se4layers with Fe(dien)2complexes for organic–inorganic hybrid phases with varied crystal structures and magnetic properties.Keywords:organic–inorganic hybrid materials;chemical solution method;Fe2Se3double chains;coercivity